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Mainstreaming women’s needs with disaster risk reduction in the built environment: preliminary findings
Presentation / Conference
Ginige, K., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. Mainstreaming women’s needs with disaster risk reduction in the built environment: preliminary findings. Presented at COBRA 2010, Paris

This paper is based on a doctoral research that aims to investigate how women’s needs can be mainstreamed into disaster risk reduction in the built environment. The paper reviews literature to emphasise the importance of gender mainstreaming in disas... Read More about Mainstreaming women’s needs with disaster risk reduction in the built environment: preliminary findings.

Reforming HEI to improve skills and knowledge on disaster resilience among construction professionals
Presentation / Conference
Thayaparan, M., Siriwardena, M., Amaratunga, R., Kaklauskas, A., & Lill, I. Reforming HEI to improve skills and knowledge on disaster resilience among construction professionals. Presented at COBRA 2010, Paris

The built environment is significantly affected by disasters. Firstly, built facilities are expected to
withstand such situations. Secondly, the construction industry is expected to play a pivotal role in
reconstruction of damaged property & infras... Read More about Reforming HEI to improve skills and knowledge on disaster resilience among construction professionals.

Capacity building of disaster waste management for disaster risk reduction
Presentation / Conference
Karunasena, G., Amaratunga, R., & Haigh, R. Capacity building of disaster waste management for disaster risk reduction. Presented at COBRA 2010, Paris

Natural hazards are extreme events that could cause harm on both socio-economic and ecological systems which ultimately become major disasters. Therefore, identification of vulnerabilities and risks of major hazards are important for any country. Sri... Read More about Capacity building of disaster waste management for disaster risk reduction.

Identification of disaster knowledge factors: preliminary findings
Presentation / Conference
Seneviratne, T., Amaratunga, R., Haigh, R., & Pathirage, C. Identification of disaster knowledge factors: preliminary findings. Presented at COBRA 2010, Paris

Disasters bring about the loss of lives, property, employment and damage to the physical infrastructure
and the environment. The number of reported disasters has increased steadily over the past century and risen very sharply during the past decade.... Read More about Identification of disaster knowledge factors: preliminary findings.

Managing disaster risks through quality infrastructure and vice versa : post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction practices
Journal Article
Palliyaguru, R., & Amaratunga, R. Managing disaster risks through quality infrastructure and vice versa : post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction practices. Structural survey, 26(5), 426-434. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800810922766

Purpose – Reality suggests that the whole world is currently facing an unprecedented scale of natural disasters. Sri Lanka fell into this category after being one of the hardest hit countries of tsunami 2004. Irrespective of the major losses that tsu... Read More about Managing disaster risks through quality infrastructure and vice versa : post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction practices.

The economic theory of production conceals opportunities for sustainability improvement
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L., & Tommelein, I. The economic theory of production conceals opportunities for sustainability improvement. Presented at 17th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, LCI-Taiwan and LCI-Asia, The Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan

In analyses of action options regarding sustainability, the economic theory of production is often used as a conceptual starting point. We contend that this theory is deficient, even counterproductive. Especially, we argue that effective options exis... Read More about The economic theory of production conceals opportunities for sustainability improvement.

Analysis framework for the interaction between lean construction and building information modelling
Presentation / Conference
Sacks, R., Dave, B., Koskela, L., & Owen, R. Analysis framework for the interaction between lean construction and building information modelling. Presented at 17th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, LCI-Taiwan and LCI-Asia, The Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan

Building with Building Information Modelling (BIM) changes design and production processes. But can BIM be used to support process changes designed according to lean production and lean construction principles? To begin to answer this question we pro... Read More about Analysis framework for the interaction between lean construction and building information modelling.

Last planner system : experiences from pilot implementation in the Middle East
Presentation / Conference
Alsehaimi, A., Tzortzopoulos, P., & Koskela, L. Last planner system : experiences from pilot implementation in the Middle East. Presented at 17th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, LCI-Taiwan and LCI-Asia, The Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan

The work described in this paper is devoted to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing Last Planner to improve construction planning practice in Saudi construction industry. Firstly, the primary results of implementing Last Planner System (LPS) in... Read More about Last planner system : experiences from pilot implementation in the Middle East.

Reforming project management: the role of lean construction
Presentation / Conference
Howell, G., & Koskela, L. Reforming project management: the role of lean construction. Presented at 8th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Brighton, UK

Project management as taught by professional societies and applied in current practice must be reformed because it is inadequate today and its performance will continue to decline as projects become more uncertain, complex and pressed for speed. Proj... Read More about Reforming project management: the role of lean construction.

The prevalent theory of construction is a hindrance for innovation
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L., & Vrijhoef, R. The prevalent theory of construction is a hindrance for innovation. Presented at 8th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Brighton, UK

It is argued that construction innovation is significantly hindered by the prevalent theory of construction, which is implicit and deficient. There are three main mechanisms through which this hindrance is being caused.
Firstly, because production t... Read More about The prevalent theory of construction is a hindrance for innovation.

Introducing last planner - Finnish experiences
Presentation / Conference
Koskenvesa, A., & Koskela, L. Introducing last planner - Finnish experiences. Presented at 11th Joint CIB International Symposium - Combining Forces., Helsinki, Finland

The Last Planner method1 represents a radically different manner of controlling production in construction. Even if its benefits are widely observed, it is also a common observation that the introduction of the Last Planner method to a site, into a c... Read More about Introducing last planner - Finnish experiences.

Which kind of science is construction management?
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L. Which kind of science is construction management?. Presented at 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Manchester, UK

It is argued that the mainstream views on the nature of construction management are insufficient, and as one consequence of this, the relevance of construction
management has been questioned. As a solution to this situation, construction management... Read More about Which kind of science is construction management?.

Communities of practice in construction case study organisations : questions and insights
Journal Article
Ruikar, K., Koskela, L., & Sexton, M. Communities of practice in construction case study organisations : questions and insights. Construction innovation (London. Online), 9(4), 434-448. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714170910995967

Purpose – At the heart of knowledge management (KM) are the people – an organisation’s important knowledge asset. Although this is widely acknowledged, businesses seldom understand this axiom in terms of the communities through which individuals deve... Read More about Communities of practice in construction case study organisations : questions and insights.

Position paper on theory in through life management
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L., Rooke, J., & Siriwardena, M. Position paper on theory in through life management. Presented at International built and Human Environment Research Week (IRW) 2009: International Research Symposium, The Lowry, Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, UK

The objective of this position paper is to review, from a theoretical point of view, the
practice of and research on through life management. It is argued that the rationale of
TLM is elusive and its theoretical basis insufficient. Regarding inform... Read More about Position paper on theory in through life management.

What triggers management innovation?
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L., & Rooke, J. What triggers management innovation?. Presented at 17th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, LCI-Taiwan and LCI-Asia, The Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan

There is a popular tendency in management science towards what could be called “theory denial”: the denial of the significance of theory for the development of management thought and action. We contend that this theory denial is just wrong, in the li... Read More about What triggers management innovation?.

Through-life management of built facilities : towards a framework for analysis
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L., Siriwardena, M., & Rooke, J. Through-life management of built facilities : towards a framework for analysis. Presented at 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Manchester, UK

Although built facilities are required to cater to changing requirements over time,
effective through-life management is absent as an in-process activity from most large
scale procurements. Through a review of key literature, several approaches whi... Read More about Through-life management of built facilities : towards a framework for analysis.

Facilitators and barriers to the integration of healthcare service and building design
Presentation / Conference
Codinhoto, R., Tzortzopoulos, P., Rooke, J., Kagioglou, M., & Koskela, L. Facilitators and barriers to the integration of healthcare service and building design. Presented at 16th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, University of Salford, Manchester, UK

Service design research recognises the importance of infrastructure design in the
achievement of streamlined service delivery. Although research about service design
and building design is abundant, very little is known about the integration of the... Read More about Facilitators and barriers to the integration of healthcare service and building design.

Innovations in construction - lessons learned from four innovative organizations
Presentation / Conference
Egbu, C. Innovations in construction - lessons learned from four innovative organizations. Presented at COBRA 1999: RICS Construction and Building Research Conference, The Challenge of Change: Construction and Building for the New Millennium, School of Construction and Property Management, University of Salford